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Privacy chief approves of sharing criminal records if privacy beefed-up

Posted by admin on 2008-11-08 | Categorized as International Newswire | Comments (0) | Tagged as , , , ,

OUT-LAW News, 22/09/2008 Europe’s privacy regulator has said that he will back a pan-European criminal records system only if specific data protection measures are put in place. Because the system deals with crime and security, EU data protection law does not currently apply to it. The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Peter Hustinx has said [...]

No International Body’ in the UK to conduct background checks

Posted by admin on 2008-09-17 | Categorized as International Newswire | Comments (0) | Tagged as , , ,

Employers looking to perform a criminal record check on potential migrant employees could face difficulties, a leading employment lawyer has claimed. According to Stephen Levinson, an employment lawyer and partner at RadcliffesLeBrasseur, there is no global system to assist business owners wishing to verify the credibility of a job applicant from abroad. He said that [...]

UK Criminal records on sale for just £37

Posted by admin on 2008-09-01 | Categorized as International Newswire | Comments (0) | Tagged as , , , ,

A Sunday Times investigation has established that the CRB is passing files to more than 50 recruitment agencies and corporate investigators which check the background of people applying for jobs that may have nothing to do with children or other vulnerable groups. Some offer unlawful checks of potential business partners and staff, ranging from web [...]